Dear Metas,
The echoes of the Lunar Revelry have faded, yet new dangers silently grow beneath the sky dome. The Visional Wheel is about to turn. Brave Metas, are you ready for the next challenge?
Visional Wheel S3: Aberrant Progeny
The offspring of Mother Nova—the Rogue Progeny—hangs beneath the sky, transforming the tainted land into Deviant Zones. Using Deviant Sprouts within these zones as conduits, it lures humans willingly into her domain. Once the sprouts enter a host, their bodies undergo partial mutations, a state they call "Resonant Form."
To delve deeper into this newborn nursery, humans embrace mutation to conquer fear. Gradually, they come to believe—deviation is not an end but a blurring of boundaries, the dawn of understanding.
Duration:
Starts after the January 21(PT) update
Ending time TBC
Affected scenarios:
Manibus (excluding novice), Evolution's Call, Prismverse's Clash, The Way of Winter, Endless Dream, Deviation: Survive, Capture, Preserve
Post-update, servers tagged with the Visional label will automatically switch to S3 "Aberrant Progeny." The previous "Lunar Revelry" vision concludes, and special items will no longer be obtainable.
New Feature: Deviant Collapse
Zone Rules
With the arrival of the Rogue Progeny, Pollution Zones of varying types and difficulties will emerge in scenario maps. During visions, these zones trigger the following gameplay mechanics.
*Locations of visions can be identified via the "Aberrant Progeny" pins on the map.
*For detailed Pollution Zone rules, refer to the Dev Blog: View game page
Enemy Threats
Symbiotic Behemoths: Special Alphas spawn hourly in different Deviant Zones, posing threats to Metas exploring these areas. Defeating them unlocks Deviant Chests.
Hunting Squads: When Metas carry an excessive number of Deviant Seeds within Pollution Zones, they will be persistently targeted by Hunting Squads. This pursuit will only end if the player leaves the zone or reduces the number of seeds carried. Defeating them yields Deviant Seeds and corresponding Deviant Sprouts.
Both Symbiotic Behemoths and Hunting Squads will be affected by the rules of the Pollution Zone type and Traits.
Deviant Feast
At the top of every hour, Deviant ore deposits will appear in high-level Deviant Pollution Zones, which Metas can approach to open and collect.
During collection, Deviants from the polluted area will be attracted to interfere, and Metas must protect the ore deposit from being destroyed.
After collecting for a period, the ore deposit will yield Deviant chests. The longer the collection time, the more and rarer the chests produced. Deviant seeds can be used to open these chests.
Since the Deviant Feast appears in different Pollution Zones, it will be influenced by their respective rules. Metas should prepare accordingly.
NOTE:
In the updated Pollution Zones, Territories will be corroded by the Rogue Progeny, requiring special resources to maintain and prevent corrosion.
Pollution Zones in each server will be redrawn, which may alter the environment around your territory. To preserve the experience, Territories already in Pollution Zones when the vision launches will have a 7-day corrosion protection period (protection is lost if the territory is moved out and will not be restored upon re-entry). Corrosion protection ends at server time January 29, 23:59[yT1] . Please plan your playtime accordingly.
Enemies spawned during the visional event exhibit heightened aggression and will destroy blocking structures in their path. In the first week, the abilities of invading Deviants in the Realm will be suppressed, gradually returning to normal destructive power afterward.
To balance the impact of Pollution Zones and Visions on PvP, the Prismverse's Clash scenario will not refresh Deviant Feast events (related rewards will be obtainable through Pollution Zone exploration, Boss kills, etc., ensuring Metas can still acquire visional rewards).
New Abilities and Special Items
The Rogue Progeny seeks to sow "Echoes of Understanding" among humanity through "Seeds." She grants symbiosis, enabling humans to tread the Stardust-devoured wastelands with Deviant power. Yet this is no one-sided boon. Each resonance draws human form and thought closer to her—as Resonants gradually lose the definition of "self," they begin to hear the Mother's call in their dreams.
Deviant Sprout
Deviant Sprouts are a special type of ability origin seeds with various types. When used by Metas, they temporarily grant the abilities of Deviants and alter head appearance. There are a total of 12 Deviant Sprouts waiting to be collected by Metas.
Different types of Deviants in the open world have a chance to drop their corresponding Deviant Sprouts upon defeat.
Encountering and defeating Half-Deviants (humanoid monsters also parasitized by Deviant Sprouts) guarantees the drop of the symbiotic Deviant Sprout.
Resonant
After using a Deviant Sprout, Metas temporarily enter a Resonant State, gaining the special abilities of various Deviants. Additionally, during this state, Metas acquire significantly enhanced pollution resistance.
Each use of a Deviant Sprout consumes a certain amount of active durability. Once durability reaches zero, the Deviant Sprout vanishes.
Half-Deviant
Half-Deviants are creatures influenced by Aberrant Progeny. Their heads are symbiotically fused with Deviant Sprouts, granting them unique abilities and traits.
Summoned by the Rogue Progeny, Half-Deviants primarily inhabit Deviant Zones, though they also invade the open world and certain settlements.
Half-Deviants possess special deviant abilities, and defeating them guarantees the acquisition of their Deviant Sprouts.
Visional Wheel Event
Event Duration: January 21(PT) – Until the end of the [Aberrant Progeny] Visional event.
Entry: Click the "Event Interface – Visional Wheel" page to join.
Aberrant Progeny
S3 Official Guide! Metas can access basic information about the Visional event through this page.
Deviant Analysis
Amid the tide of universal distortion, [Deviant Seeds] continue to spread. Recover and analyze them to unlock generous rewards, including new weapon skins, Collectibles, and more. Deviant Seeds can be obtained during the Visional event by defeating Deviants, Half-Deviants, participating in Deviant Feasts, or exploring Deviant Zones.
Metas can use Deviant Seeds to redeem rewards from past Visional Wheels at the Shop.
Deviant Carnival
Metas can unlock generous personal rewards by collecting the full series of Deviant Sprouts and challenging all Visional enemies. Each breakthrough you make will advance the server-wide event progress, unlocking different phase event tags that directly alter the gameplay rules of the open world.
Detailed Rules:
1. Metas can obtain various rewards by completing Deviant Sprout collection or Deviant enemy elimination tasks, while also earning collection points.
2. When the total collection points of a server reach different milestones, the server will trigger varying numbers of event tags. Different event tags will influence various Deviant gameplay modes, bringing unique effects.
Gameplay Rewards & New Gear
Deviant Seeds & Deviant Chests
Deviant Seeds is a special refined token obtained by defeating Deviant enemies, Half-Deviants, or Symbiotic Behemoths in Pollution Zones. It can be used to open various Deviant Chests.
Explore Pollution Zones, eliminate Symbiotic Behemoths, or participate in the Deviant Feast event to use Deviant Seeds to open Deviant Chests. Opening these chests grants exclusive Aberrant Progeny Mods, brand-new weapons and armor, selectable fur materials, Morphed Deviations, and other generous rewards.
Morphed Deviation
Six new Morphed Deviations with Aberrant Progeny traits have been added: Rain Man, Snow Globe, Rebecca, Growshroom, Dr. Teddy, and Upper World Spawn.
Note: Opening Deviant Chests in the "Deviation: Survive, Capture, Preserve" scenario does not yield Deviations but grants Mutagens corresponding to their Morphed traits.
New weapons
Alongside the launch of [Vision: Aberrant Progeny], new weapons will be introduced. Details can be found in the Dev Blog:
EBR-14 - Octopus! Grilled Rings!: Stacks Burn, dealing massive AoE damage.
TEC9 - Additional Rules: Hits guaranteed to trigger Fortress Warfare.
New Mods
Three new exclusive Aberrant Progeny Mod suffixes added: Mirror/Wild/Phantasmal.
Applicable for: Upper Body and Shoes
For specific effects, refer to: View game page
Deviation is not the end, but the beginning of understanding. As the line between sanity and madness blurs, may your crosshair remain steady and true. This concludes our Dev Blog. Thank you for your support.
Once Human Development Team